The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

The devil's name is dullness.

The person with a safe center doesn't fear change. We can choose change without fear before a challenge only when we are strongly centered.

The paintings have a lot to do with the idea of seeing and doing, and the relationship between your hand and your eye, and the object.

People sometimes see an image and without knowing the surrounding patterns draw false conclusions.

Girls inevitably grew into women, but something of the boy persisted in every man.

Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.

If you have a friend with a blond mustache, he wants to touch you.

Love has come to rule and transform; Stay awake, my heart, stay awake.

What matters is a good person, a good soul, someone who genuinely gives good attention to the relationships in their lives.

Indulgences should never be hesitant.